Chinese / Japanese Dragon

motherfunker

Can anyone tell me the difference between a Chinese and a Japanese dragon, I know they have different numbers of legs but I am not sure about the styles, meanings etc. Does anyone know any good resources for research on this topic?

Captain Ginger

This page might be of use to you:

http://howtodrawdragons.blogspot.com/2007/08/differences-between-japanese-dragons.html

Goes into it from a physical/art point of view as well as giving some facts.

Hope you find it helpful.

motherfunker

Cheers,

Its short but good, would love to see some pictures so I can see the differences in styles.

Captain Ginger

The wiki on both of them has a lot of infor as well:

Japanese:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_dragon

Chinese:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_dragon

motherfunker

Cheers again, I dont know how it happened but I tried wiki and got nothing, must have been a typo. I have also tried google images but alot of the chinese dragons only have 3 toes not 5, so I am not too sure about the accuracy of these images.

motherfunker

My education continues, the 5 toed dragon is for royalty, 4 toes for nobility and 3 toes for the general public.

Captain Ginger

motherfunker wrote: »

My education continues, the 5 toed dragon is for royalty, 4 toes for nobility and 3 toes for the general public.

Interesting, didn't know that myself!

motherfunker

Punishable by execution of the offenders whole clan for using the wrong number of toes. I better just go for the 3 toes then.